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Eliza Griswold and David French on "Circle of Hope”

Aug 27, 2024
37:59

In this episode, New York Times opinion columnist David French sits down with Pulitzer Prize winner Eliza Griswold of The New Yorker to discuss her brand new book, Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church. These two journalists with firsthand familiarity and longstanding expertise in covering religion embark on a fascinating exploration of the book's coverage of Philadelphia's Circle of Hope, a little-known yet influential progressive evangelical movement, and how the sobering disintegration of that spiritual community mirrors broader dynamics at work in American Christianity. 

 

Guests

Eliza Griswold 

David French 

 

Additional Reading 

Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church, by Eliza Griswold 

"The Church Preached Love and Tolerance. Then Racial Politics Tore It Apart," by David French 

"Losing a Beloved Community," by Eliza Griswold

 

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